Southern Spirits covers “four hundred years of drinking in the American South,” and it doesn’t miss one detail! This is a really interesting book with lots and lots of historical facts, but it feels more like a textbook than a relaxing read. It takes us from first landing in America in the 1500’s though colonization, the Revolutionary War, Civil War, prohibition, and on into the later 1900’s. Not only do we learn about crops to make wine, beer, and spirits,…
A Soulwood Novel #1 – Faith’s new series set in the Jane Yellowrock world!! For those of you who are huge JY fans and read Blood in Her Veins, you will have already read a short story where Nell Ingram helps JY & Vamps onto a cult’s land to rescue a missing vamp. Nell’s character was extremely interesting and I was so excited to find out that she was getting her own series! BOTE is exactly the type of book…
After reading The Girl Who Chased the Moon, I frantically got my hands on as many books as I could by Sarah Addison Allen. I listened to the audio version and the narrator had such a grating southern accent it was hard to take the book seriously. Narrator aside, the book itself was pretty awful. In a nutshell, the characters are: Josey, a fat 27-year-old who hides sweets in her closet; Della Lee, the town sometimes-prostitute who has decided to…
I was first drawn to this book because of the cover and the title. I’m having such a difficult time describing this book and the type of books I have been into lately. They’re… quietly interesting with a hint of mystery or excitement, take place in a small town, and definitely have a slower pace. I absolutely loved this book and it reminded me a lot of The Obituary Society, which I also loved. In The Girl Who Chased the…
(source) Overall, I am very impressed with this book. I originally borrowed it from the library but when I was only 1/2 way through I bought a used copy on Amazon (for $5.50!). The French Don’t Diet Plan takes the principles of French Women Don’t Get Fat (FWDGF) and presents them with a little more structure that Americans (or at least me) need. Dr. Clower breaks down the importance of eating real food (less sugar and additives), significantly reducing portions,…
After something as exciting as a three-day comic convention it takes a little while to digest everything. I was properly tired Friday night and went to bed at a decent hour, but Saturday night I was so happy and excited from the day that I stayed up until past 11pm and my brain woke me up at 5:30 wanting to think about all of the fun things that had already occurred. Friday was mostly panels for me. I went to…
I received a copy of Sleeping Giants while waiting in a long line at Geek Girl Con last fall. I have taken my sweet time getting around to reading it but I will say that I am doing a fabulous job of trying to get through my TBR shelves. After I made the decision to read this book I flipped through it. I was a little discouraged because it seemed that the format of the whole book is in interview…
The Demon Trapper’s Daughter was a souvenir from the gift shop/visitors center at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. I was excited not only that they had a gift shop, but that I was able to get a book there that partially takes place in the same cemetery. This book is extremely YA, and in a bad way. It could have easily been written in a way that would have included a wider age range, but either the author wanted to…
Night Shift is the final book in a trilogy based on the (fictional) paranormal town of Midnight, Texas. Its residents (Fiji, Bobo, Lemuel, Olivia, Manfred, Teacher, Madonna, Mr. Snuggles the cat, Diederik, Quinn, Joe, Chuy, the Rev, and newcomer Sebastian) are faced with mysterious suicides in the crossroads in the center of their town. Lemuel dedicates his nights to the daunting task of translating a werewolf-bound book written in a language that only 3 vampires know (excluding himself) to find out…
The President’s Hat is described by the author as a “modern fairy tale for adults” and he couldn’t be more right. Which is good, because it’s his book. This book, though timeless, is set in the 1980’s and Francois Mitterand is president. One night he leaves his hat in a restaurant, and it winds up falling into the hands of four different people. When each person acquires the hat, their lives are affected in such a completely transforming way, definitely…